The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-10-20
FLORIDA.


and cold storage warehouse.
The Leesburg Commercial is out with
large and readable trade issue.
A 13year-old grove at Satsuma produced
3, 800 boxes of oranges last year.
Fort Meade having vanquished the sore
eye plague has reopened her schools.
The farmers of Bradford county have
raised an immense rice crop this year.
The First National Bank of st. Augustine
will be removed TO a fine new building
Nov. /.
Goldstein's Hotel, that is being built for
Mr.. Armstrong, at Punta Gorda, is nearing
completion.
One can drive from Punta Gorda to Fort
Myers in four ours, while it takes day to
go by steamer.
In Bradford county the strawberry farm
ers are feeling good over the light, though
! frequent showers.
At DeLand o. T. Bohannon was robbed
of about S25 last Thursday night, by some
one entering his room.
The balance on hand now from Volusia
countys general revenue fund is $1,000 46
and from road account 50, 1895.
Lawyers from Orlando argued before
Judge Broome, at DeLand, Tuesday on the
legality of the Orange county election.
The Rev. Mr. McKenny has accepted a
call from the Baptist church of DeLand and
will commence his ministry Sunday, Nov. D.
A pavilion and boat-house is to be built on
| Alligator Creek, near Punta Gorda. This
will make a splendid drive for an excursion
| party to spend the day.
The old landmark, "The Barracks" at
Punta Gorda is being torn away from the
Hotel Punta Gorda grounds The hotel inn
provGments still continue.
The lighthouse is nearing completion on
Gasparilla Island, at Bocca Grand This
is temporary for the immediate demand of
the Morgan Steamship Line, and the Repre-
sentative in Congress will this winter en-
deaYor to have an expensive one with the
latest improvements constructed.
John " Brown, of Suwannee Shoals, was
in Lake City Monday, and reported
5000 bushels as his this years crop of corn.
He now has 900 bushels of last years crop
on hand, after fattening off the surplus
fifty six head of meat hogs His crop of to-
bacco is all packed and ready for market.
A. M. Wilson spent several days in Area
dia last week. He started for Miami Thurs
day to inquire into the condition of the
Indians in that part of the country. Mr.
Wilson is endeavoring to locate the remnant
of the Seminole tribe on homesteads, but is
not meeting with much success. They seem
perfectly content with their present homes
in the Everglades, and the very idea of
maulng rails and blowing an OK makes the
average brave feel tired. Mr.. Wilson will
write book on the subject when he returns
from his trip.
Campville was awakened Monday night
by the report of a pistol. Upon investiga-
ton it was found that negro named John
jackson had shot and fatally wounded an
other negro named Albert Barnes. Gam
bling was the cause of the difficulty. The
shot was fired from a 3S-calibre pistol,
striking Barnes in the back and passing
through his body, struck another negro in
the temple, knocking him down. The muir
derer escaped under cover of the darkness.
Messrs. Camp Bros, of Campville, have
worked hundreds of hands in the last six
years, and this is the first difficulty of a
fatal character that has ever occurred here.
Thomas McGill, general agent of the
Western and Atlantic railroad and of the
Associated Railroads of Georgia. with head
quarters in Chicago, reached Atlanta
Tuesday. In an interview he said: "Trav-
cling passenger agents throughout the
Northwest are working hard for Florida's
interest, and expect to have an immense
throng of tourists into the State the coming
winter. An awakened interest in Florida
is already manifest, and travelling passenger
agents are looking forward with great ex-
pectation to their convention in Jackson
Vile ON Jan. 10, and expect a royal recep-
ton. From sixty to seventy-five will go
from Chicago alone. The State needs more
general advertising in the Northwest
The timber shippers of Pensacola former
ly named what stevedores should load their
ships. The last Legislature made it fine
of $500 for merchants to influence the Cap
tain of a vessel in selecting stevedores The
stevedores then formed pool, several per-
sons were refused licenses by the pilot COM
missioners and one colored stevedore who
was granted permit for a license, was re-
fused a license until he stood another ex-
animation. Judge Mcclellan Tuesday de-
cided that the Board of Pilot Commission
ers had no right to appoint board of OK
aminers, and that it had no control over
licenses. This decision upsets all calcula-
| tions and combinations for the winter, and
the outcome is eagerly looked for by all par
ties
The City Council has placed a patrol of
| ten men on the outskirts of Orlando to keep
a watch out for stragglers from the direc-
ton of Tampa The City Marshal has been
| appointed chief of this force, who is to see
that they are properly distributed to guard
the city. These men are to report to the
Marshal at 5 o'clock a. M each day to re-
ceive their instructions, and shall remain ON
duty until shutdown, when they will be re-
lieved by night force, which shall patrol
the outskirts until morning. Each member
of the Board of Aldermen is to have super
vision of a designated beat, and is 10 see
| that the instructions are carried out A
quarantine station is established at some
point out of town, at which all parties not
able to give the proper account of them
selves will be detained.
c. w. White, Western Union Telegraph
operator at Jacksonville, who iokingly told
a woman operator at Tallahassee that there
were $50 cases of yellow fever at Jackson
vile, appeared before committee of citi-
zens Tuesday at the instance of Superin-
tendent Dillon and explained how he came
to send the report The committee, consist
ing OF J. j. Daniel, Neal Mitchell, NJ. d. {,
John Q. Burbr1dge, j. H. DurlSee, and c.
| H. Jones, recommended shat you accept
Mr.. Whites resignation and terminate
his connection with the office i'm
mediately and withhold any pay
| that may be due him for services rendered.
1t is proper to say in this connection that
but for the fact of Mr. Whites having pre-
viously rendered his resignation we should
have been disposed to suggest the infiction
of penalty less than that of dishonorable
discharge, but somewhat more commensu-
rate with the gravity of the offense. 1t is
our opinion further that the offense of the
Tallahassee operator, if on further investi-
cation the facts in her case be proven to be
as stated, is equally grave, being mitigated
only by her inexperience. We would recon-
mend, therefore, If the facts brought before